Sensory Latency and glFinish
This article discusses the factors that contribute to overall sensor latency and the importance of turning on glFinish in the Vizard script to reduce render latency.
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Syncing Vizard projects across a cluster
Cluster applications require that all clients have resources stored in the same path as the master. An easy way to sync Vizard's project folders across a cluster of computers is with SyncToy, a free Microsoft utility.
Using the Microsoft Kinect with ICT’s FAAST and Vizard
This article describes how to use the Microsoft Kinect with ICT's FAAST and Vizard. It includes instructions for setting up FAAST, a sample Vizard script that attaches a sphere to all joints from the FAAST skeleton, and some screenshots of Vizard and FAAST side-by-side.
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Ascension Plug-ins for MotionBuilder
Autodesk MotionBuilder is a powerful character animation and motion editing tool. The video tutorials in this article will teach you how to use the Ascension MotionSTAR and trakSTAR plug-ins to stream data from a live actor into Motionbuilder.
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PPT and Intersense Alignment
A typical setup for PPT users is to connect an Intersense to the Vizard rendering machine for orientation data and combine that with position data streaming from the PPT machine. Having the Intersense connected to the Vizard rendering machine is recommended when the data is applied to the viewpoint, as it will give the lowest orientation latency possible. Using this setup, it is necessary to perform the alignment between Intersense's coordinate system and PPT's coordinate system in the Vizard script. This article describes several ways of doing this.
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Using the Eyelink Eye Tracker in Vizard
The Eyelink is an eye tracker made by SR Research. This article describes how to get the Eyelink working with Vizard.
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Introduction to PPT Studio
The video tutorial in this article will guide you through the setup of a newly installed PPT system from the configuration of the camera settings to the streaming of tracking data. In order to follow along you should already have your cameras connected and positioned properly.
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Emagin 3D Visor and Stereo Viewing
This post will help guide through setting up your Emagin 3D visor to display with 3D Stereo. The Emagin uses frame sequential stereo, meaning a single input is used for both eyes. Images sent to the visor alternate between those for left and right eye perspectives.
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NDI Optotrak Motion Capture Device
NDI's Optotrak motion capture system supports both position and orientation data. The video tutorial here will guide you through streaming data from NDI's software to adding the Optotrak plug-in within Vizard and linking the 6DOF sensor data to a viewpoint.
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nVidia dual monitor setup
This post will guide you through setting up your nVidia display for horizontal spanning under Windows XP.
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